2017 Regional workshop - Caribbean

Participants at GNDR's LAC regional workshop in the CaribbeanGNDR

2017| Regional Caribbean workshop

The workshop was an opportunity to introduce GNDR's new regional governance structure and to promote the benefits of sharing knowledge and best practices at region level. Participants are coming from all over the LAC region. Organised by GNDR's Regional Development Coordinator in LAC, Mave Bastias, the subregional workshop aimed at identifying appropriate actions for our members to work together in order to enhance their disaster management and advocacy capacity.

25 participants including representatives from GNDR regional members, Community Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) partners , Networking Plataforma Latinoamerica , RIADIS. At least one members per country participated to the regional workshop.

BACKGROUND

Following a process of consultation which ran in 2016, regional workshops were established to give our members the opportunity to express their views on effective collaboration at the regional level, particularly on how to increase our local members capacity in DRR policy making (SFDRR).

OBJECTIVES OF THE WORKSHOP

The workshop have the following objectives:

Increase members capacity in disaster relief and community support

Presentation of GNDR's new regional governance and structure

Enhance the advocacy capacity of GNDR's Central american members in international DRR policy making